Poetic constitution makes Europe a talking point

In order to underline the necessity of a new European constitution, 52 poets have written their own poetic European constitution. It is not intended as "a remake of a political fiasco," they write in the daily De Standaard, but rather aims to make Europe a topic of conversation again among its citizens. "If the European institutions fail to inspire the people, to enthral them, to move them, to touch them or, if need be, to make them angry, then we will do it instead. Europe lurches from one crisis to the next, suspended somewhere above the heads of its citizens, sometimes suffering from its citizens' arrogance, at other times from their hypocrisy, and at other times still from their confusion and fear. No, what we want to do for once is to think about who and what Europe can be. Let us ask ourselves the question which past we need to remember and which future we can still dream of. How proud we are, and how we are still able to grieve."

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